The search for a man accused of assaulting his partner and stabbing a police officer and a police dog is well into its third day in Nova Scotia’s Lunenburg County.
Tobias Charles Doucette, 31, has been on the run since late Monday evening and police are still focusing their search efforts south of Bridgewater, N.S., and in surrounding areas of Lunenburg County.
Clarke said a police dog and handler spotted Doucette coming out of the river and, when they tried to arrest him, he stabbed the dog with what was believed to be a stick. Bill Blair, the federal minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, confirmed his department approved Nova Scotia’s request for assistance from the Department of National Defence to help support the RCMP’s search., to help support the RCMP’s search for a suspect in Bridgewater. Keeping Canadians safe is our top priority.“We’re actually overwhelmed in a very good way with the number of resources that we have that are helping us with this operation,” said Clarke.
“We do have negotiators who are able to communicate with Mr. Doucette should he choose that option and they’re available for him if he was to call our dispatch number,” said Clarke. “He can reach them and we can try to talk it out and work out the issues.” The manhunt for Doucette started after officers with the Bridgewater Police Service responded to a domestic violence call at the Bridgewater Hotel on High Street around 11 p.m. Monday.
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